Alex Newell, who played Wade "Unique" Adams on Fox's "Glee," has joined the lineup of performers for songwriter Joey Contreras' New York Musical Theatre Festival concert, which will be held July 16 at The Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theatre at The Pershing Square Signature Center.

The 8 PM concert will be presented by Fuzzrocket, produced by Bryan Campione (Broadway Buzz, LLC) and directed by Brandon Ivie.

According to NYMF, "Contreras, an award winning and iTunes Pop Charting songwriter, brings his brand of musical pop to NYMF in 2015. Inspired by the spectacle of award show performances, this one night only concert will present Joey's catchy and emotionally charged music in a way its never been heard before."

Additional team members include production manager C.J. Mellides and production assistants Madeline O'Hara and John Dippel.

The 2015 New York Musical Theatre Festival, which will take place July 7-27, "nurtures the creation, production, and public presentation of stylistically, thematically, and culturally diverse new musicals to ensure the future vitality of musical theatre." Now in its 12th year, the Festival is the largest musical theatre event in America. The Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theatre at The Pershing Square Signature Center is located at 480 West 42nd Street. For more information and tickets, call (212) 352-3101 or visit NYMF.org/JoeyContreras.